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My New Normal, Hopefully
Dear Conscience, Today is day 4 of my strict phone rules. I’m getting a hang of it. It was a good day. I spent the whole day with my daughter. And while she was sleeping, I cleaned up the kitchen. That was the time when I otherwise probably would have been on my phone, and Continue reading
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My Phone Is My Enemy
Dear Conscience, It’s not a new realization that I waste my life on my phone. And I’ve tried weaning off several times, with short-lived success. It’s so much easier to slip back than to wean. This needs a permanent and focused commitment. I’m introducing two basic rules: #1) night time is between 9pm and 7am Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 